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King Jong-un

Lingua Franca 2013-04-22

Summary:

Why, Geoff Pullum asks, are we reluctant to use the words "king" or "monarch" when talking about the hereditarily entitled absolute rulers of North Korea?

Link:

http://chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca/2013/04/17/king-jong-un/

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Tags:

academe words mistakes

Authors:

Geoffrey Pullum

Date tagged:

04/22/2013, 11:34

Date published:

04/17/2013, 00:01